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Spring Walk IIContrary to general expectation, the opening of Kingston Harbor has been greatly accelerated by favorable circumstances, and the consequence is, that it has taken the shipping interest somewhat by surprise. Every body is therefore doing everything in double quick time, and we ...

Spring Walk IIContrary to general expectation, the opening of Kingston Harbor has been greatly accelerated by favorable circumstances, and the consequence is, that it has taken the shipping interest somewhat ...

Spring WalkIIITHE WHARVES AND WHARFINGERS OF KINGSTON:As various changes have taken place this season in the location of the several Forwarders and Wharfingers, a concise notice of such establishment may be found useful, and not out of place in this Our Walk."MCINTOSH'S WHARF.- Mr. ...

Spring WalkIIITHE WHARVES AND WHARFINGERS OF KINGSTON:As various changes have taken place this season in the location of the several Forwarders and Wharfingers, a concise notice of such establishment may ...

Spring WalkIOne could think that fine weather would never come again. Winter lingering in the lap of Spring conveys but a faint idea of the stern reality of this Twelfth of April. Although the day is tolerably fine and the sun shines warmly, yet the roads are still filled with ...

Spring WalkIOne could think that fine weather would never come again. Winter lingering in the lap of Spring conveys but a faint idea of the stern reality of this Twelfth ...

Spring WalkIIIt is mighty tedious entirely this writing of "Annual Walk." The originality of the thing could have afforded some counterbalance to its want of general interests but that was marred years ago by the ' Argus ', and is now wholly destroyed by the still viler plagiary of another ...

Spring WalkIIIt is mighty tedious entirely this writing of "Annual Walk." The originality of the thing could have afforded some counterbalance to its want of general interests but that was ...

Spring WalkIIIThe "Opening of Navigation" makes but little progress, so does the "Annual Spring Walk of the British Whig." The season is dead against both. On St. George's Day, in ordinary years, the communication with Montreal and Quebec is usually perfect; the several steamboats are on ...

Spring WalkIIIThe "Opening of Navigation" makes but little progress, so does the "Annual Spring Walk of the British Whig." The season is dead against both. On St. George's Day, in ...

Spring WalkIVHere is the end of April, the weather cold, wet and unpleasant, and the "Walk" scarcely half begun. Nobody feels any inclination to walk about or look at anything--to crowd round a fireplace or hot stove is far more pleasant and infinitely more congenial. But disagreeable as is ...

Spring WalkIVHere is the end of April, the weather cold, wet and unpleasant, and the "Walk" scarcely half begun. Nobody feels any inclination to walk about or look at anything--to ...

Spring Walk VIIThe "Walk" is really becoming interesting and agreeable--so many things to see and write about, and such charming weather to [do] it in. Last Saturday was a delightful day; it was the day on which the first steamers came up this season from Montreal , and it kept ...

Spring Walk VIIThe "Walk" is really becoming interesting and agreeable--so many things to see and write about, and such charming weather to [do] it in. Last Saturday was a delightful ...

Spring Walk VIIIHaving disposed of all the Steamers, all the Hotels, all the Manufactories, and all the other matters, more immediately connected with the resumption of business in the Spring, it may not, be remiss, ere this "Annual Walk" is closed, to say a few works on the present state ...

Spring Walk VIIIHaving disposed of all the Steamers, all the Hotels, all the Manufactories, and all the other matters, more immediately connected with the resumption of business in the Spring, ...

Spring WalkIIt has been too much the custom to underrate the commercial importance of good old Kingston. Let any one walk through the city at the present time, and he will see enough to convince him that Kingston is one of the busiest places in all Canada; and that if ...

Spring WalkIIt has been too much the custom to underrate the commercial importance of good old Kingston. Let any one walk through the city at the present time, and he ...

Spring WalkIIIt is so rarely that we have it in our power to say a good word in favor of the Corporation of Kingston that it would be both a sin and shame not to do it. The streets are remarkably clean, considering the season of the year. The scavengers ...

Spring WalkIIIt is so rarely that we have it in our power to say a good word in favor of the Corporation of Kingston that it would be both a ...

NOTE: This is a translation of a portion of the Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que l'Europe (Utrecht, 1698) a published description of the very early exploration of the Great Lakes region by French adventurers by the Belgian Recollet missionary father Louis Hennepin. It describes the building and short ...

NOTE: This is a translation of a portion of the Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que l'Europe (Utrecht, 1698) a published description of the very early exploration of the ...

Spring WalkVWhat a change in the weather within a few days! The atmosphere is warm, the sun shines, the streets are clean and dry, and though we have no spring, yet we have spring's antecedent, charming dry days, like an English March. The opening of Navigation has caused a general ...

Spring WalkVWhat a change in the weather within a few days! The atmosphere is warm, the sun shines, the streets are clean and dry, and though we have no spring, ...

Spring WalkVIThe weather has been so bad again that it was yesterday only that the British Whig was able to continue its peregrinations about town. The greatest want perceptible in Kingston, is the want of a good Hotel. The City has but one First Class Hotel, the "British American," and ...

Spring WalkVIThe weather has been so bad again that it was yesterday only that the British Whig was able to continue its peregrinations about town. The greatest want perceptible in ...

Spring WalkIIMR. COUNTER'S SHIP YARD AND MARINE RAILWAY.--Quebec owes a portion of its commercial greatness to the enterprise of its citizens in the way of Ship building. For half a century vessels of all sizes and classes have been built in that city, taken to England and there sold. The ...

Spring WalkIIMR. COUNTER'S SHIP YARD AND MARINE RAILWAY.--Quebec owes a portion of its commercial greatness to the enterprise of its citizens in the way of Ship building. For half a ...

Spring WalkIVTHE DOINGS AT HATTER'S BAY AND THEREABOUTSThe village at Hatter's Bay, or Portsmouth, as some people absurdly name it, though not within the city limits, is nevertheless part and parcel of Kingston; consequently it comes under the category of the "Spring Walk." It is one of ...

Spring WalkIVTHE DOINGS AT HATTER'S BAY AND THEREABOUTSThe village at Hatter's Bay, or Portsmouth, as some people absurdly name it, though not within the city limits, is nevertheless part and ...

Spring WalkVTHE WHARVES AND WHARFINGERS OF KINGSTONIn running down from West to East, and slightly sketching the numerous Wharves of Kingston, it is not the present intention to say ought of the various Steamers which ply to them. By reason of the incompleteness of the arrangements, that ...

Spring WalkVTHE WHARVES AND WHARFINGERS OF KINGSTONIn running down from West to East, and slightly sketching the numerous Wharves of Kingston, it is not the present intention to say ought ...

Spring WalkVIIITHE STEAMBOATS OF KINGSTONIn former years and in former "Walks," the Steamboats of Kingston occupied a prominent position; whereas this year, they come in at the fag end of the "Walk," and form its concluding Number. This arises from an impossibility, owing to conflicting ...

Spring WalkVIIITHE STEAMBOATS OF KINGSTONIn former years and in former "Walks," the Steamboats of Kingston occupied a prominent position; whereas this year, they come in at the fag end of ...

Spring WalkITalk of "Spring Walks!" here on the 7th day of April, the weather is as disagreeable, as in the middle of January; the harbor is locked up and won't be open for a fortnight: the streets are filled-with slush, ice and snow; and there is nothing to induce a ...

Spring WalkITalk of "Spring Walks!" here on the 7th day of April, the weather is as disagreeable, as in the middle of January; the harbor is locked up and won't ...

Spring WalkIITHE HARBOR AND SHIPPINGNever was Kingston ' Harbor so full of shipping of all kinds as the present moment, at a time every vessel is ice bound, and not one has stirred to do her spring business, and this the 12th of April.Including those lying over at Garden Island, ...

Spring WalkIITHE HARBOR AND SHIPPINGNever was Kingston ' Harbor so full of shipping of all kinds as the present moment, at a time every vessel is ice bound, and not ...

Spring WalkIIITHE WHARVES OF KINGSTONThere seems to have been a sudden determination this Spring on the part of the Kingston Wharfingers to increase their wharf accommodations, by running out into the harbor at inconceivable lengths. It is more than doubtful, even aided by a City By-Law, ...

Spring WalkIIITHE WHARVES OF KINGSTONThere seems to have been a sudden determination this Spring on the part of the Kingston Wharfingers to increase their wharf accommodations, by running out into ...